How to Obtain NRC-Developed Computer
Codes
In general, the NRC allows distribution of its reactor safety
codes and tools to domestic organizations (utilities, vendors,
academic institutions, commercial enterprises) and international
organizations located in countries that participate in the Code
Applications and Maintenance Program (CAMP) or Cooperative Severe
Accident Research Program (CSARP).
Specific procedures for obtaining NRC codes are as follows:
TRACE/RELAP5
If you are a domestic commercial organization:
- Fill out, sign and return this non-disclosure
agreement.
- There are 2 levels of support provided:
- $5,000/year. The user becomes a member of the domestic
user group and is granted technical support and periodic
code updates.
- $1,000 one time fee for shipping and handling. The user
is entitled to installation assistance only.
- Code distribution and all payment transactions will be handled
by the NRC contractor responsible for code distribution
(in this case, Information System Laboratories, Inc).
If you are a domestic academic institution or NRC contractor:
- Fill out, sign and return this non-disclosure
agreement.
- The code is provided for no fee, although no technical assistance
is provided.
If you are an international governmental organization located
in a CAMP member country:
- Access to the code is provided through your country's CAMP
representative.
If you are an international non-governmental organization located
in a CAMP member country:
- Access to the code is provided through your country's CAMP
representative.
- In addition, you are required to fill out, sign and return
this non-disclosure agreement.
If you are an international organization located in a non-member
country:
- You may request the code through the NRC's Office of International
Programs.
PARCS
PARCS exists both as a stand-alone program and as a coupled
version to both RELAP5 and TRACE. In general, distribution of
the stand-alone version and the RELAP5-coupled version is handled
directly by Purdue
University. The TRACE-coupled version is bundled directly
into the TRACE distribution package so access to PARCS is automatic
when requests for TRACE are made.
SNAP
SNAP is developed and maintained by the NRC's contractor, Applied
Programming Technology, Inc. (APT). You can download the code
directly from http://www.nrcsnap.com,
but access to the site is by registration only. You must fill
out, sign and return this non-disclosure
agreement. At this point, while SNAP is still in beta status
there is no charge to domestic users for obtaining the code,
although this will most likely change (to a cost structure much
like that of TRACE and RELAP5) in the near future once version
1.0 is released. No official support is provided while the code
is still in beta status, although users are encouranged to provide
feedback and submit bug reports. For CAMP member country organizations,
SNAP is supported and maintained like TRACE and RELAP5.
MELCOR
If you are a domestic commercial organization:
- Fill out, sign and return this non-disclosure
agreement.
- $1,000 one time fee for shipping and handling. The user
is entitled to installation assistance only.
- Code distribution and all payment transactions are handled
by the NRC contractor responsible for code distribution
(in this case, Sandia National Laboratory). Code requests
can also be made directly from the MELCOR website.
If you are a domestic academic institution or NRC contractor:
- Fill out, sign and return this non-disclosure
agreement.
- The code is provided for no fee, although no technical assistance
is provided.
If you are an international governmental organization located
in a CSARP member country:
- Access to the code is provided through your country's CSARP
representative.
If you are an international non-governmental organization located
in a CSARP member country:
- Access to the code is provided through your country's CSARP
representative.
- In addition, you are required to fill out, sign and return
this non-disclosure agreement.
If you are an international organization located in a non-member
country:
- You may request the code through the NRC's Office of International
Programs.
FRAPCON/FRAPTRAN
Distribution of FRAPTRAN and FRAPCON are handled by NRC's contractor,
(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Requests for obtaining
the codes can be made from the FRAPCON website.
You will need to fill out, sign, and return this non-disclosure
agreement.
SAPHIRE
If you are a domestic organization or user:
- Fill out, sign and return this non-disclosure agreement. The code is provided for no fee, although no technical assistance is provided
- Technical assistance can be obtained from the NRC contractor responsible for code distribution, the Idaho National Laboratory, by joining the SAPHIRE Users Group.
If you are an international organization or user:
- You may request the code through the NRC's Office of International Programs.
ACGrace
ACGrace is distributed under the GNU public license by Applied
Programming Technology, Inc. It can be downloaded directly from
http://www.nrcsnap.com
without any restrictions.
Access to some of the NRC's older archival versions of RELAP5,
TRAC-P, and TRAC-B is available via the Radiation
Safety Information Computational Center at the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory.
For questions regarding our code distribution procedures or if you would like to request a particular code, please contact James Han at James.Han <at> nrc <dot> gov.
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